Khat (Catha edulis Forsk.) Dependence Potential and Pattern of Use in Saudi Arabia

Table 3

Pattern of Khat chewing among the study sample.

Variables	Statistics
	Mean	SD	Minimum	Maximum
Age of starting Khat chewing (years)	18.5	3.16	9	32
Chewing experience (years)	15.13	9.582	1	49
Postsession effect of Khat (time in hours)	2.23	1.4	1	15
Chewing specific type of Khat (; %)	(9; 1.5%)
Ethnopharmacological uses of Khat (; %)	(12; 2.0%)
Frequency of Khat chewing (; %)
More than once a day	19 (3.2%)
Daily	228 (38.5%)
More than once a week	214 (36.1%)
Once a month	47 (7.9%)
Irregularly	84 (14.2%)